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Mangawhai, NZ

Mangawhai, New Zealand

Consulting for clients from large enterprises to scale-ups, with a focus on leveraging data and technology to drive business success. Key services include: o Crafting and refining data strategies that align with business objectives. o Implementing frameworks to ensure data quality, security, and compliance. o Turning complex data into compelling narratives.

Auckland, New Zealand

Led the Data & Analytics function at Fidelity Life. Joined during a time of large and exciting transformation. Helped develop and advocate for the new strategic direction with the goal to make it easy for everyone at Fidelity Life to make informed decisions. Worked closely with Exec and other senior leaders to understand their needs and develop that into.

Auckland, New Zealand

Feasibility Lead in IAG's Innovation Lab (Firemark Collective) where we validated new digital ventures that would create value within and beyond IAG’s core insurance business. Key Achievements: o Validated the technical and legal feasibility of our propositions o Managed risks and legal considerations o Developed concept and solution architecture o.

Auckland, New Zealand

Managed and prioritised the pipeline of work for IAG NZ's digital, data and analytics team. Created a collaborative environment to drive our vision to create a customer led, data driven and digitally enabled business.Key Achievements: o Story-telling and senior stakeholder engagement o Focused on our team's culture and led an initiative to create a.

Managed a team that produces daily, weekly and monthly operational reports for a number of IAG's critical business areas. Worked on simplifying and automating the suite of reports and introduced Power BI as a delivery tool. Lifted capability and turned around the culture of the team.Key Achievements: o Introduced new tools (Power BI) and metrics to.

Auckland, New Zealand

As a member of IAG NZ's Data and Analytics Leadership team I helped create our data & analytics strategy and developed the story to attain senior leadership buy-in.Key Achievements: o Strategy and architecture development o Story-telling and senior stakeholder engagement and buy-in o Technology and patterns decisions

Auckland, New Zealand

Led IAG NZ's Developers Community of Practice, ran the Developers Guild, established continuous integration practices, and recruited new developers. Provided mentoring and support to all of IAG NZ’s Developers, set standards and best practices, and supported Team Leaders and Delivery Managers.Key Technologies: o Visual Studio, TFS, Git, Jenkins, Bitbucket.

Auckland, New Zealand

Technical Specialist (part Developer + part Architect), supported development teams, uplifted the capability of developers, and performed technical spikes.Key Technologies: o Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008, 2008 R2 and 2012, Oracle o SQL Integration Services and Reporting Services, Power BI and ExcelKey Achievements: o Utilised existing technology.

Auckland

Database Administrator and Developer, supporting the development teams and working across various projects, including a SQL 2012 upgrade.Key Technologies: o Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008, 2008 R2 and 2012, Oracle o SQL Integration Services and Reporting Services, VisioKey Achievements: o Provided SQL Server consulting services to developers o.

Uganda And Kenya

Teaching primary school aged children, working in orphanages, and various other community support projects. 1 month each in Uganda and Kenya.

London, United Kingdom

Designed and developed a reporting system for the analysis and optimisation of technology resources. Working in a complex environment, built resiliency and improved quality of existing reporting. Worked with senior management to ensure delivery of business value.Key Technologies: o Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008 and 2008 R2, Oracle o SQL Integration.

London, United Kingdom

Database Administrator, Architect and Developer, and a Web Developer involved with various in-house SQL Server based systems, including a critical heavily used P&L reporting system, an Independent Pricing Verification (IPV) System and a data archiving system.Key Technologies: o Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008 and 2008 R2 o C#.Net 4.0, Razor, HTML.

London, United Kingdom

Provided SQL Server database management and administration services. Supporting hosted solutions for end customers 24/7, including the London Metals Exchange.Key Technologies: o Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008 Key Achievements: o Managed several large databases for high availability systems o Developed processes for automatic monitoring of.

Auckland, New Zealand

Senior Database Administrator, Developer and Architect for an advanced fleet management and telemetry system used for GPS tracking, engine management and a range of other monitoring and alerting features for cars, trucks and other heavy vehicles. Customers across New Zealand and the United States.Key Technologies: o Microsoft SQL 2000, 2005, 2008.

Auckland, New Zealand

Database Administrator, Developer and Application developer for the University’s online learning management system with 20,000-plus logins per day.Key Technologies: o Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and 2005 (including database upgrade from 2000 to 2005) o Crystal Reports, SSRS, SSIS, ASP, Delphi, C#.Net, Microsoft Visio, ErWin and CitrixKey Achievements: o.

Bcom/Bsc Conjoint, Computer Science, Information Systems And Marketing

Service Level Leadership, Organisational Leadership